Tile or brick cutting table



(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2. J. BENSINC-r. TILE 0R BRICK CUTTING TABLE.

No. 411,638. PatentedSept. 24, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB BENSING, OF MALINTA, OHIQ.

TILE OR BRICK CUTTING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,638, datedSeptember 24, 1889.

' Application filed July 11, 1889. Serial No. 317,165. (No model.)-

To aZZ whom, it may concern.- The blocks E have secured at each end aBeit known thatI, JACOB BENsING,acitizen casting e curved and having itsends perof the United States of America, residing at forated to formeyes 6 adapted to engage the Malinta, in the county of Henry and Stateof journals 6' to establish a hinged connection 5 5 Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful between the blocks, and forming a flexibleImprovements in Tile or Brick Cutting Tacarrier throughout. Each castinge is probles; and I do hereby declare the following vidcd on its upperside with a vertical metal to be a full, clear, and exact description ofstandard f. It will be noticed that the hinged the invention, such aswill enable others connection of the blocks E E is such that r0 skilledin the art to which it appertains to each pair of said blocks is aslightdistance make and use the same, reference being had from the pairateither side thereof. An antit0 the accompanying drawings, and toletters friction roller f is mounted on the outer end or figures ofreference marked thereon, which of each journal (3. form a part of thisspecification. The relative length of the carrier is such 15 Myinvention has reference to tables prothat it extends around the flangesof the side vided with devices adapted to cut a strip of plates, sothatits rollers f will bear upon the clay into bricks or tiles; and thesaid invenflanges of the same, the movement of said tion consists in theimproved construction belt occasioning the rollers of each section tohereinafter described and set forth, whereby successively pass betweenthe upper flanges 20 the general character of the machine is sima b, soas to be positively guided thereby, plified and its arrangement of partssuch that thence around the curved end and onto the they will workfreely and the parts prevented Curved end face of the flange d, andfinally from becoming clogged. along the latter. The curved end 0 of theIn the accompanying drawings, forming flange b and the correspondingcurved por- 25 part of this specification, Figure l is a vertition ofthe flange cl serve to positively guide cal longitudinal section of amachine mm the rollers as they pass to the flange d. bodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a detail On one side of the bars 13 B, and atthe upview of one of the side sections of the frame. per end thereof,are located metallic journal- Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the armsof boxes, in which are mounted the ends of a 0 the cutter-frame. Fig. 4.is a detail view of transverse shaft F, centrally upon which is thecentral portion of the cutter-fran1e, and keyed a disk G, havingmarginal horizontal Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective views of lugsh, located on one side. A circular series sections of the endlesscarrier. of perforations i are formed in the disk. A

The supporting-frame of the machine conseries of metallic sockets j areeach adapted 8 3 5 'sists of suitable vertical and horizontal timto belocated radially on the side of the disk here, includingupper,horizontal side bars A and be braced between two of the lugs, andAand vertical side standards B B. Secured the inner end of each arm isperforated to to the inner side of the bars A are horizontal permit itsattachment to the disk by means metal side plates 0 G, which are eachprovided of a bolt engaging one of the perforations in 0 on itsinnersidewithupper horizontalflanges the disk. The socket is an openone, and a, lower parallel flange b, the ends 0 of the said socketbetween said walls is provided latter being curved, as shown in Fig. 2,and a with an elongated slot lower horizontal flange (Z, one end ofwhich is A cutterframe is designed to be attached curved concentric withthe adjacent curved to each socket, and each cutter-frame con- 45 end 0of the flange b. An endless carrier is sists of two metallic sections HH", each of employed, and consists of a series of trans which is ofsubstantially the same construcverse blocks E E, the former beingprovided tion, consisting of a right-angle portion havon its under side,at each end, with a casting ing its outer terminal provided with ahoric, consisting of a curved portion having its zontal journal Z, uponwhich is mounted an- I00 50 ends provided with outwardly-extendingjouranti-friction roller m. At the inner end the nals e. section isprovided with a tonguein the socket and adjustably secured therein bymeans of a bolt and 'nut operating-in connection with the slot in thesame, and which enables the regulation of the position of thecutter-frame relative to the disk. Each of these sections H H isprovided at its inner side,near the lower end thereof, with a hook p,and a button q is located on the section II, while a thumb-nut q isseated in a threaded bearing in the section H, and is provided with ahook-extension r. A wire sis connected at one end to the button q, thenpasses to the hook 1) below the same, thence across the frame to thesecond hook p, and is finally connected to the extension r. By thisarrangement the wire forms the cutter and can always be maintained rigidthrough the adjusting devices described.

- As the strip of clay is fed onto the end of the endless carrier thelatter moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1, and as thestrip approaches the cutter one of the frames of the latter is operatedso that its wire 8 will pass through the strip and into one of thespaces between the blocks of the carrier, and thereby severing a sectionfrom said strip. The frame is in an oblique position when it contactswith the clay strip, and as it passes through said strip it assumes andpasses beyond a vertical position, after which the Wire ascends from thecarrier. The several cutter-frames are so positioned that as one isbeginning to ascend from the carrier the wire of the succeeding frame isabout entering the strip. This arrangement not only regularly and evenlyspaces the cutting, but serves to automatically revolve the cutterdevices by the movement of the standards with the carrier.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the device is not only ofsimple and durable construction, but that it dispenses with thecomplicated driving devices heretofore employed. The anti-frictionrollers on the cutter-frames facilitate their easy movement relative tothe endless carrier.

The arrangement of blocks and the cuttingwires is such that a portion ofthe clay usually forced by the descending cutter upon the belt is pushedthrough the spaces between said blocks and can in no way clog either thecarrier or the cutter.

An annular plate so is secured on the side of the disk G, within theflanges of the same, and serves to lock the shanks of the cutterframeagainst lateral play.

I claim" 1. The combination, with the supportingframe carrying thehorizontal flanged portions at each side, of an endless carrierconsisting of hinged blocks and having spaces, as described, rollersjournaled on said blocks to engage said flanges, and a revoluble deviceprovided with a series of cutter-frames, each having a cutter adapted toregister with the spaces between the blocks, substantially as set forth.I

3. The combination, with the supportingframe and revoluble device havingthe radial cutter-frames, of an endless carrier composed of a series ofblocks E E, the blocks E having castings secured to their under sidesand provided with journals, the blocks E provided with castings on theirunder sides and perforated to engage said journals to form a hingedconnection, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the supportingframe having the side flanges andrevoluble device carrying the radial cutter-frames, of an endlesscarrier composed of a series of blocks E E, the blocks E having castingssecured to their under sides and provided with journals, the blocks Ehaving castings secured to their under sides and perforated to engagesaid journal,'and rollers mounted on the projecting ends of the latterto engage said flanges, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a supportingframe, of the revoluble devicehaving the radial cutter-frame, and an endless carrier consisting ofhinged blocks, every alternate block being provided onits upper side, ateach end, with a vertical casting, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the supportingframe and endless carrier, of ayoke-shaped cutter-f ra me provided with oppositely-located hooks, and awire secured to the frame at one side engaging said hooks and connectedat its other end to an adjustable thumb-screw, substantially as setforth.

7. The combination, with the supportingframe and endless carrier, of atransverse shaft, a disk mounted thereon and provided with horizontalmarginal lugs and a series of inner perforations, a series of socketsbearing between said lugs and secured by a bolt engaging one of saidperforations, and cutterframe connected to said sockets, substantiallyas set forth.

8. The combination, With a supportingframe and endless carrier, of thedisk and socket secured thereto, and cutter-frames, each comprisingindependent sections having inner tongues embracing and bolted to saidsockets, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- J AOOB BENSING.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES P. RAGAN, Gno. RUSSELL.

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